10490197

Method and Device for Processing Internal Channels for Low Complexity Format Conversion

PublishedNovember 26, 2019
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1. A method of processing an audio signal, the method comprising: receiving a channel pair element bitstream encoded via MPEG Surround 212 (MPS212) and applied spectral band replication (SBR); generating a band-limited internal channel (IC) signal based on the channel pair element bitstream and an internal channel gain (ICG); downrnixing a pair of SBR parameters into a mono SBR parameter based on a rendering parameter of a format converter; generating a full band IC signal based on the generated band-limited IC signal and the mono SBR parameter; and generating stereo output signals, based on the generated full band IC signal.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the band-limited IC signal comprises determining whether the IC processing for the channel pair element bitstream is possible.

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3. The method of claim 2 , wherein whether the IC processing for the channel pair element bitstream is possible is determined based on whether a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream belong to a same IC group.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a left IC group, the full band IC signal is output via only a left output channel among stereo output channels, and when both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a right IC group, the full band IC signal is output via only a right output channel among the stereo output channels.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a center IC group or both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a low frequency effect (LFE) IC group, the full band IC signal is evenly output via a left output channel and a right output channel among stereo output channels.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the band-limited IC signal comprises: calculating the ICG; and applying the ICG.

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7. An apparatus for processing an audio signal, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a channel pair element bitstream encoded via MPEG Surround 212 (MPS212) and applied spectral band replication (SBR); an internal channel (IC) signal generator configured to generate a band-limited IC signal based on the channel pair element bitstream and an internal channel gain (ICG), downmix a pair of SBR parameters into a mono SBR parameter based on a rendering parameter of a format converter, and generate a full band IC signal based on the generated band-limited IC signal and the mono SBR parameter; and a stereo output signal generator configured to generate stereo output signals, based on the generated full band IC signal.

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8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the IC signal generator is further configured to determine whether the IC processing for the channel pair element bitstream is possible.

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9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein whether the IC processing for the channel pair element bitstream is possible is determined based on whether a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream belong to a same IC group.

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10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein when both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a left IC group, the full band IC signal is output via only a left output channel among stereo output channels, and when both of a pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a right IC group, the full band IC signal is output via only a right output channel among the stereo output channels.

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11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, when both of the pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a center IC group or both of the pair of channels included in the channel pair element bitstream are included in a low frequency effect (LFE) IC group, the full band IC signal is evenly output via a left output channel and a right output channel among stereo output channels.

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12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the IC signal generator is configured to calculate the ICG and apply the ICG.

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13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1 .

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November 26, 2019

Inventors

Sun-min KIM
Sang-bae CHON

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